Literally, it means the northern land, probably originating from vadaga (north) and tenkana(south) etc. of the Southern-Indian language Tamil. With reference to the community, it might mean people from the northern parts of Tamilnadu - the Archakas (priests) - who were brought to perform pujas in the Sanskrit language. Tamil may refer to: The Tamil language, which is one of the Dravidian languages spoken in the Indian subcontinent. ...